Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-05-21


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WAsHrx0ToH, Nay III. q. Strbha. |
6sneral Traf8s MansasE Of the South /
en- P4eide, wzs tha 6rst witness % tbs
cay before The Inter STATE Comntssloz.
and ~8a Examined b. Twee6, connssl
foR tie railroad. IN Support Of the 80
pic .tio1 10 hzEs q Temporary order SIS
perdtnR tha spsrAtion Of sectton 81
TIE lsW made 3 rnanas'. Having re-
feFred % ths tfkfas over the Central
Pacific, TIE OAaigmsn isa1ired hos u
hsrpsned thsf tie witness Esd any
thing 90 do with the Central Pse1nc
De rspiied thzt TIE Csntsni P8e.ne
vas = lssssS nne, opezafed b the
5osthsFn Pseiac - far - OGDEN. he
witness said tbas beginning tn Feb
Fusry. 1856, there had bsen waRed 3
bitter and Fslentless var Of rates
between the Psci6e Foads, lasting % 20
t6e date Of TEE passags q the Law,
when the lag wss passed the Sous5efn
Paoihe had Fsaojasted is rates. din1o-
iahinQ them Ia no instance The com
pesition 20 Be met By the Pacific ROADS
vas Of thres kiBcR-satltnR vessels
afs1nd Caps Horn. the Pscias Mall
aa4 Canadian Paeide Companies To
sFinR al Of the trains down 20 ths isvsl
Of toe competing rates would siaIplJ
ena Ia bankEuptcy OF tke ~ Tread eena-
pany. Tnat vas evident, ~ an aver
age Of half q cent ger mile would prco-
Ell ly meet tbs expsuse Of freight trans
pcFtation between San Francisco and
the Miss0uFi River. 10 naid - carry
sugar eastward az this rate. a. u avoided
the necessity OF haniiu2 empty cars
from the West 20 the East. Ihis rate
vas much lower than tEat made by she
Canadian PacsGc, Pacific Mail and the
eilppsr Ghips, bat the real iDiaEY In
aieted By the act bad scarcely bad tine
10 develop. II Il we're sufoFeed the
effect would be 10 oanse the roads 20
loss more ~ the reductions OF inter-
mediate trans than the gfsss earnings
amounted 10 80 thrOugh tTsfde.
AZ 10 California, the witness did nos
think n ere vas any truth IN the com
plant referred 10 By the chairman, that
freight was br0aRht East ~ rate less
ihsn the cost Of transportation IN or
der to favor California vine growers.
Stubbs explained 81 great length the
method Of adjusting local rates So
psaeticed before the passage Of tbe Law,
and endeavoFed to shoW how the Law
operated 10 disturb that rraetiee. He
denied that 10 making q new taEth M
der the Ian this company had adopted
the highest local rate as the through
rate. Witness said that the distances
over the Union Pacific aad the Central
Pacific we're the shortest lines between
San Francisco and the Missouri river By
1915 miles.
Morrison wished 10 kAow how far San
Francisco sugar would have 20 travel
over the Canadian Pacific to reach |
Omaha.
After some calculations the witness
ths distance at 300 miles. |
Sugar, be said, had gone over the long |
rosie at 65 cents per hundred, although |
bis system offered 10 take Il at IS cents |
over the shorter route. He saw ne fsa- |
son Why the Western roads should not |
be permitted to make IS low rates as
The Eastern roads to the Missouri river. |
This be thought q sufficient answer TO |
The complaint of the Eastern sugar re- |
liuers. They could not get thar sugar !
into the Western tetritoFy.
Commissioner Walker asked the wit |
ness What answer be could make to the !
shaTRe made that by their system Of
rates the tFauscontinental lines pre-
vented the growth OF any manufactnr-
ing interests on the Pacific Coast.
Witness said that the rates had nsver
been made IN the interest OF any mana
interests. They resulted SIM
ply from competition In the business.
He would not admit that the system OF
rates tended to prevent any Develop |
nent Of local manufactures.
Commissioner WalkeF-"DO you con-
lldsr the interests OF any particular
interest, or do you look
1ut for number onel"
Mitness-"As far as my rel stion 10
he company is concerned look cat for
Its interests, bat think an enlightened
lelfsh view Of the case would require |
he company TO ears for the interests
along its line"
Commissioner Walker referred TO thu
complaint alleged to haye been msda
BY the California wool growers and !
asked II 10 vas possible for them g |
.hip through TO New York.
Witness replied that the general |
policy OF bis company had been to ad-
nit competition only As far as It exists. |
lie meant that from the interior. parts |
IN California they never had made q |
through rate Rather than do SO 10 |
would be better b. give no business.
Testimony upon the application here |
,iosed and the decision was reserved.
Mystery In Mexico
CTTI OF MEXICO, May 20-The detec- |
lives are wrestling with q most myste- |
rious affair. thus far without satisfac- |
loFy results. One Of the leading bank |
ng Ems OF this city has sustained q loss |
Stained to be IS great as $500 600. The |
ulcers Of the institution on coming TO |
The bank one morning found the doors
af the vaalt vide open. All the cash sd |
been carried of with the exception Of |
Iome bags of silver.
VIII be Hanged.
CHKsrKa, (PA). May %. - samuel !.
Johnson. convicted of the murder of
John Sharpless, will be hanged on Au-
gust "a.
Noted Race HOTse BaFRed.
NEw ORLEkNs. May 20.-Toe noted
iaes horse George l. and seven other
aorsss were burned 10 death last night
N the Louisville and Nashville Railroad
,sttle zen Gre.
Aheek 81 Monte Carlo.
LONDON, May -. Il violent shock Of
earthquake Vas felt at Monte Carlo ct
-. ~ q (. 4.